ORDER

(Motion — ECF No. 8

PEGGY A. LEEN, Magistrate Judge.

Before the court is plaintiff's Motion for Preferential Trial Setting Pursuant to NRS 16.025. No opposition has been filed and the time for filing an opposition has expired.

Plaintiff filed his complaint (ECF No. 1-2) in state court on June 15, 2018. Defendant removed (ECF No. 1) this matter to federal court on July 9. 2018, and filed its Answer (ECF No. 4) July 9, 2018. The complaint arises out of a slip and fall on April 12, 2017 at a premise commonly known as The Shops at Crystals on South Las Vegas Boulevard. The parties submitted a proposed Discovery Plan and Scheduling Order (ECF No. 10) August 23, 2018, which the court approved in an Order (ECF No. 11) entered August 23, 2018. Discovery is currently set to expire January 7, 2019, dispositive motions are due February 6, 2019, and the joint pretrial order is due March 8, 2019 if no dispositive motions are pending. The parties consented to referral of this case to magistrate judge and the case was referred to the undersigned for all further proceedings, and entry of a final judgment in an Order (ECF No 15) entered September 20, 2018.

Plaintiff is 77-year-old male who alleges he sustained serious injuries in a trip and fall accident on defendant's premises. Because of plaintiff's age, and the injuries he suffered in the slip and fall which have affected his daily life he requests an expedited trial setting "within 120 days after hearing this motion." Defendant opposes the motion asserting plaintiff's age alone is insufficient justification for a preferential setting based on the nature of this case. Defendant argues this is a "high value" case that will require multiple expert witnesses and in-depth discovery which cannot realistically take place within 120 days of decision of this motion.

Counsel for the parties stipulated to a standard 180-day discovery plan and scheduling after this motion was filed. The court ordinarily sets a trial date when the joint pretrial order is filed after the close of discovery and decision of any dispositive motions. The deadline for the joint pretrial order is March 8, 2019. The court agrees that setting a trial date 120 days from decision of this motion will not give the parties adequate time to complete discovery and filed dispositive motions and the joint pretrial order. However, the court will give the parties a firm trial date. No extensions of the discovery plan and scheduling order deadlines will be granted unless the parties also agree to continue the trial date.

Having reviewed and considered the matter,

IT IS ORDERED: